Playwright Wendy Wasserstein, 55
Posted: Monday, January 30th, 2006 4:27 pmPlaywright Wendy Wasserstein, who chronicled the feminist struggles and successes of the baby-boomer generation in such wryly observant works as “The Heidi Chronicles” and “The Sisters Rosensweig,” has died of lymphoma at the age of 55.
Wasserstein died Monday at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, said Andre Bishop, header of Lincoln Center Theater and Wasserstein’s close friend and mentor. She had been ill for several months.
Broadway theaters will dim their lights Tuesday in honor of Wasserstein. …
Wasserstein’s writing was known for its sharp, often comedic look about what women had to do to succeed in a world dominated by men. …
Wasserstein found her greatest popular success with “The Heidi Chronicles,” which won the best-play Tony as well as the Pulitzer Prize for drama in 1989. …
While primarily a playwright, Wasserstein also wrote for TV and the movies… Read full obituary
